Stacey Jones: Warriors Assistant Coach on this weekend's sudden death match against the Knights
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Why does Stacey Jones say the loss to the Dolphins was actually good news for the Warriors?
The good news about the Warriors losing to the Dolphins is we get more football. Eden Park, it's a sellout the nights it is, and we're on our way to Penrith. The legend that is, Stacey Jones is with us. Good morning. Yeah, good morning, Mike. How you going? I'm really well indeed. Just very briefly revision mirror the Dolphins. Uh disappointment, frustration, what's your word for it?
Yeah, both of them, really. Um disappointing that we couldn't get a job done here at home and in front of a a a huge crowd and No, with twenty minutes to go we we were kind of in control of the game and then we let it slip and You know, the way we like to play the game where we put pressure back on the opposition, they did that to us and Unfortunately we uh you know, we got pine on the scoreboard and couldn't get out of it.
You've got that sorted for this week?
A hundred percent like we we know our game, you know, and We're clear on it and and we've got to do it, you know, so Um the players are clear on on their role and on how we want to do things and
What disappointment did the Warriors feel after the home loss and how did they describe it?
You know, we get that right, um, you know, we will be tough to beat.
Did you have to talk to the team a lot or if we've gone far enough down the track now to know what we're about and what we need to do?
Uh look look, they're clear, like I said, on on how they want to play how we wanna play the game, how how Webby structured things and and whatnot. So um, you know, we went through the the video thoroughly but the players know, you know, like They don't need to be told they can look at w where they went wrong and they put their hand up and say, Yeah, I should have done that. I could have done that. So they know what they they need to do.
Couple of things out of the Australian media this week, I don't know if you saw it. There was some criticism. Won't be the first time you've heard it, of course. This edge defence thing, you know, when someone gets the ball out wide, we're a bit fragile. Do you reckon that's fair?
Uh, yeah, no, it's fair. I guess the last sort of month of footy, you know, we have been vulnerable out on our on our edges and and there's different reasons for that, Mike, but Um, you know, we've had to pay different combinations of p putting players out there. Um and you know, doing a a role that might be different to to the guy on the inside that they haven't been used to playing with, so Um, you know, it is fair and it's something that we've been working really hard on, Slate Griffin, our defensive coaches. And I spent a lot of time with our edges and and trying to get things right, but The other thing too is uh you know, the the teams have played in the last sort of few weeks, it's how they play the game and
No, we only played Newcastle a a couple of weeks ago and Caleb Ponger, how he plays his footy with out the back and attacking the edges.
How have the Warriors clarified each player’s role to avoid repeating last week’s mistakes?
You know, we've got to be beyond our game.
The other thing I read was Brad Fittler suggesting the pressure might have got to us and as a result of that he's picking a boil over this weekend. Is is is that right, do you reckon or not?
Oh, I don't think so. I I think, you know, we've got enough players in in our group, you know, that have played big games, you know, our captain James and you know, Kirk Cape and and it wasn't too long ago where a lot of these guys played um played in a semifinal against Penrith here where where we got beaten but you know they they learned from that. So the pressure won't get get to this group. You know, we'll we'll embrace it and So excited that we get to play it, you know. Um, one of our iconic sporting grounds in New Zealand of even parking it in a sellout crowd. So they'll embrace it and and look forward to the challenge.
What about Jackson Ford? I mean, how I mean how hard is this? I mean he's away, he comes back, he lasts five minutes, he's gone again. Is he gutted?
Yeah, yeah, very gutted. Uh look it was a huge loss for us losing Jacko when we did earlier on in the air and then he got himself right back in the the frame to play the the game on the weekend and You know, it wasn't his injury for that that kept him out for for a few months that that he succumbed.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why does Stacey Jones say the loss to the Dolphins was actually good news for the Warriors?
0:00–0:56
2
What disappointment did the Warriors feel after the home loss and how did they describe it?
0:56–2:24
3
How have the Warriors clarified each player’s role to avoid repeating last week’s mistakes?
2:24–5:25
4
What does Stacey say about the team’s edge defence vulnerabilities and how are they being fixed?
5:25–5:40
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